diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 7921e1d9d59c67029c3e510914831b34cf48a6c5..5bf4c39e2ad625f2e90bfbbc765fd4e13db47a2b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,8 @@ static noinline int __btrfs_cow_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		btrfs_set_node_ptr_generation(parent, parent_slot,
 					      trans->transid);
 		btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(parent);
-		tree_mod_log_free_eb(root->fs_info, buf);
+		if (last_ref)
+			tree_mod_log_free_eb(root->fs_info, buf);
 		btrfs_free_tree_block(trans, root, buf, parent_start,
 				      last_ref);
 	}